Web 2.0 Tools plus

15+ of our Fav Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom

www.murally.com - Google Docs for visual people. This is a way for visual learners to come together to think, imagine and discuss their ideas. Students can create murals and include any content they want in them. Learners can drag and drop images, video and websites onto their mural. Need email address to log in so 13 years or older.

http://www.storiesinflight.com/flickrpoet/index.php Simple concept- students enter (or paste in) their own text and boom! A visual representation of their text is presented by matching Flickr images to their typed words. Here’s an example:

The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
http://dushare.com – incredibly easy way to share files. Lets you transfer files by way of a web browser as fast as you can upload.

• No registration or password
• Share by way of unique URL

http://answergarden.ch – online answer collection tool that can be embedded into a website, wiki or blog.

• Create a question or survey and students can post answers to questions.
• Answers represented in Word Cloud
• Good for brainstorming
• No login or registration

http://kerpoof.com – online creativity center that lets students create their own pictures, drawings, storybooks, movies and practice spelling.

• Provides students with scenes, characters, and props to write a story or make a movie.
• Info bubbles pop up to give students interested facts

http://neok12.com – comprehensive collection of educational videos, lessons and games for K-12 students.

• Best free videos on internet are catalogued together on this site. Every video is reviewed by educators to ensure accuracy and appropriateness.
• Teacher can create dashboard. Students do not have to register to view teacher dashboard.

http://learning.snagfilms.com/ - good resource for teachers who like to use documentaries in their classroom.
http://edu.glogster.com – online poster web page. Students combine text, pictures, graphics, video and audio to create an interactive online poster.
http://storybird.com – fun collaborative storytelling website.

• Imaginative artwork and text
• Final product can be printed, watched or shared

http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/ - Lets users isolate the information they want to print.

• Can remove all images and backgrounds
• Can edit font, size and formatting
• Saves money on paper

http://embedit.in/ - allows users to easily upload any file to the site for free and then embed it in website or blog.

• Can add annotations
• Need to have a google account

http://www.benettonplay.com/toys/flipbookdeluxe/ - allows teachers and students to create a digitally animated flipbook and then share it.
www.wikispaces.com – Easy way for students to create a webpage with information and a blog.
http://librivox.org/ - Listen to free books that are not copyrighted. Can also volunteer to read books on this site.

• Different languages available
• Public Domain books

http://www.nextvista.org/ - Videos for learning

http://vocaroo.com - voice recorder

• Very simple to use.
• One-button click to start recording.
• Playback feature
• Recording can be saved by sharing link, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, etc.
• Can create a QR Code as well

www.murally.com - Sticky note wall

• You can add almost any type of document to a mural without the need to print them
• You can add documents, images, links, etc.

http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm - Word Clouds for kids.

• Word Clouds for Kids makes it very easy for students to print or save their results as a jpg.
• There are some basic controls like a slider to adjust the number of words used and the results can be edited for color, font, layout, etc.